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New Titles: January 7 - January 13, 2012

BOOKS

FICTION
Benjamin Buchholz One hundred & one nights: a novel
Alex Gilvarry From the memoirs of a non-enemy combatant
Penelope Lively How it all began
Ernest Poole The harbor
James Rouman Uncertain journey

Historical Fiction
James D. Houston A queen's journey: an unfinished novel about Hawaii's last monarch

Mystery, Suspense, Espionage & Intrigue
James Grippando Need you now: a novel
Faye Kellerman Gun games
Ransom Riggs Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Ryan Boudinot Blueprints of the afterlife

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NONFICTION
Biography & Genealogy
Andrew Marr The real Elizabeth: an intimate portrait of Queen Elizabeth II 92 E4345mr
Robert Rave & Jane Rave Conversations & cosmopolitans: awkward moments, mixed drinks & how a mother & son finally shared who they really are 306.874 R252

Books, Reading, Publishing & Journalism
Richard Seaver The tender hour of twilight: Paris in the '50s, New York in the '60s: a memoir of publishing's golden age 070.5092 S442

Business & Economics
William Poundstone Are you smart enough to work at Google?: trick questions, zen-like riddles, insanely difficult puzzles & other devious interviewing techniques you need to know to get a job in the new economy 650.14 P87
Joe Terranova Buy high, sell higher: why buy-and-hold is dead & other investing lessons from CNBC's "The Liquidator" 332.6 T323

Food & Drink
Carol Field The Italian baker: the classic tastes of the Italian countryside--its breads, pizza, focaccia, cakes, pastries & cookies 641.5945 F45ib

Health & Medicine
Ivan R. Schwab Evolution's witness: how eyes evolved 612.84 S398

History
Norman Davies Vanished kingdoms: the rise & fall of states & nations 940 D25
Sally Denton The plots against the president: FDR, a nation in crisis & the rise of the American right 973.917 D41
Walter Laqueur After the fall: the end of the European dream & the decline of a continent 940.56 L31a
David Olusoga & Casper W. Erichsen The Kaiser's holocaust: Germany's forgotten genocide & the colonial roots of Nazism 968.81 O529
James Palmer Heaven cracks, earth shakes: The Tangshan earthquake & the death of Mao's China 363.34 P174
Jeremy Paxman The Victorians: Britain through the paintings of the age 941.081 P34

Literature & Writing
Daniel Tobin Awake in America: on Irish American poetry 809.1 T629

Music & Performing Arts
Stephen Sondheim Look, I made a hat: collected lyrics (1981-2011) with attendant comments, amplifications, dogmas, harangues, digressions, anecdotes & miscellany 782.14 S69L

Philosophy, Psychology& Religion
Julia Cameron The prosperous heart: creating a life of "enough" 650.1 C18
April D. DeConick Holy misogyny: why the sex & gender conflicts in the early church still matter 270.1 D296
Luc Ferry A brief history of thought: a philosophical guide to living 100 F399
Winifred Gallagher New: understanding our need for novelty & change 158 G16
Guy P. Harrison 50 popular beliefs that people think are true 149 H319
Religion in America: a comprehensive guide to faith, history & tradition REF 200.973 R382
Eric Weiner Man seeks God: my flirtations with the divine 200.92 W423

Politics & Government
Lori Andrews I know who you are & I saw what you did: social networks & the death of privacy 323.448 A568
Thomas Frank Pity the billionaire: the hard times swindle & the unlikely comeback of the Right 973.932 F828

Social Sciences & Current Events
Henry Alford Would it kill you to stop doing that?: a modern guide to manners 395 A389
Ashraf Khalil Liberation Square: inside the Egyptian revolution & the rebirth of a nation 962.05 K452

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DVDs
Foreign Language
Farewell (L'affaire farewell)

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CDs
Classical
Beethoven Cello sonatas
Benjamin Lees Symphony no. 4: Memorial candles: 1985
Rachmaninov Piano concerto no. 3 ; 5 Études-tableaux

Jazz
The definitive Chet Baker
The Peter Malick Group, featuring Norah Jones New York City
Jacky Terrasson & Cassandra Wilson Rendezvous

Vocal
Tori Amos From the choirgirl hotel

World
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Two worlds one heart

Posted on Jan. 12, 2012 by Matt Montgomery